FUNDING: Request for Applications for Wheelchair Programs

Posted on 10 November 2008. Filed under: Announcements, Call for Nominations or Applications, Funding, Opportunities, Violence | Tags: bureau of democracy, conflict, Grant solicitation, GSM, humanitarian assistance, request for proposals, RFA, SPANS, USAID, wheelchair programs, world learning |

Special Program to Aid the Needs of Survivors (SPANS)
Grants Solicitation and Management
http://worldlearning.org/spans.htm

REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS (RFA) FOR WHEELCHAIR PROGRAMS
DEADLINE: November 17, 2008, at 1 pm EST

October 17, 2008 – World Learning announces a solicitation under the USAID funded Grants Solicitation and Management activity. Using funding provided by USAID Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, World Learning anticipates awarding five to seven SPANS/GSM grants under this RFA and that each sub-grant will be for up to $2,000,000 for a three year period(February 2009 – January 2012.) *Applications must be received by November 17, 2008 at 1 PM EST.*

*Download application here* (PDF format):http://worldlearning.org/WLID_documents/USAID-SPANS_RFA01_Wheelchairs_WL_10-17-08.pdf

*Download RFA Questions and Answers here* (PDF format): http://worldlearning.org/WLID_documents/faq_spans_wheelchair_rfa20081028.pdf

The Special Programs to Aid the Needs of Survivors (SPANS) Grants Solicitation and Management (GSM) is an umbrella grant making mechanism which supports service delivery, training and related activities aimed at assisting vulnerable populations. Through a five-year Cooperative Agreement from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), World Learning supports USAID’s goal of improving the health and well being of specific vulnerable populations, including displaced children and orphans, war victims, people with disabilities, and victims of torture.

On behalf of USAID’s Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, World Learning will award sub-grants in a number of thematic areas such as Displaced Children and Orphan’s Fund (DCOF), Leahy War Victims Fund, People With Disabilities and Wheelchairs Fund, and the Victims of Torture Fund (VWF). World Learning administers the SPANS/GSM grant making process from identifying potential grantees, to soliciting applications, to monitoring project implementation, to close-out.

Over the course of FY 09, World Learning anticipates issuing three Request for Applications (RFA) on behalf of the Wheelchair Fund, DCOF, and LWVF. All RFAs are determined by USAID.

For more information on the Grants Solicitation and Management Program, please contact Bill Saur, Program Director, at bill.saur@worldlearning.org

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